Teens Indicted In Slaying

Four Fort Lauderdale teen-agers were indicted by a Broward grand jury Thursday on first-degree murder charges in the drug-related shooting of Jovanny Arrendondo, 31, of Lauderhill.

Vernon McFadden, 15, and Bernard Johnson, 16, both of the 2800 block of Southwest Second Court; Marvin Boldman, 15, of the 1000 block of Northwest 23rd Way; and Alando Brown, 16, of the 2500 block of Northwest Ninth Court, were charged in the fatal shooting of Arrendondo on Feb. 26 at the Madison Apartments, 2650 NW Eighth Place, Fort Lauderdale.

The four youths lured Arrendondo behind a building by pretending to be selling ``crack`` cocaine, Assistant State Attorney Chuck Morton said. They tried to rob Arrendondo, a struggle ensued over a gun and McFadden shot him twice, Morton said.

He said all four suspects, who are in custody, ``admitted their roles in some fashion`` in taped statements to police.